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Victoria Gold Corp. July 12 reported that its Eagle Gold mine in the Yukon produced 32,055 ounces of gold during the second quarter, resulting in approximately 56,413 oz for the first half of the year, a consistent amount from the Canada miner. "Similar to previous years, the first half of 2022 was a seasonally slow production period at the Eagle Gold mine," said Victoria Gold President and CEO John McConnell. Generally, gold production at heap leach operations like Eagle...
White Gold Corp. July 5 announced the start of its 2022 drill program at the Betty Ford and Mascot gold targets on the Betty property, located within the southern part of the company's enormous land package that covers much of the White Gold District in Yukon, Canada. Betty is strategically positioned about 15 kilometers (9 miles) northeast of Western Copper and Gold Corp.'s Casino porphyry deposit and 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Newmont Corp.'s Coffee gold deposit. "Our...
CAVU Energy Metals Corp. (previously CAVU Mining) July 11 announced the results from the first four holes drilled at its Hopper copper-gold-silver-molybdenum project in southern Yukon. A road-accessible 7,400-hectare (18,286 acres) property within the southern Dawson Range copper-gold belt, Hopper is located within the ancestral territory of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations. Most of the previous exploration at Hopper has focused on a skarn system that is a peripheral...
Western Copper and Gold Corp. June 28 announced the release of an updated feasibility study for its world-class Casino copper-gold-silver-molybdenum project in Yukon, Canada. Superseding all previous studies and incorporating an updated mineral resource and mineral reserve with an effective date of April 29, the study considers the Casino project being constructed as an open pit mine, with a concentrator processing 120,000 metric tons per day to recover copper, gold, silver,...
Strikepoint Gold Inc. July 5 announced that exploration work is now underway on its Willoughby gold-silver and Porter silver properties near Stewart, British Columbia in Canada's prolific Golden Triangle. "With a healthy treasury over $5 million, we are excited to commence our drilling programs at Porter and Willoughby properties," said Strikepoint Gold President and CEO Shawn Khunkhun. Strikepoint's 2022 exploration program includes roughly 3,000 meters on both properties....
Newly renamed Fireweed Metals Corp. (previously Fireweed Zinc) July 7 announced that a ground gravity survey has begun at its recently staked Gayna River zinc-lead-silver-germanium-gallium project in Northwest Territories, Canada. After acquiring the adjacent Mactung tungsten project from the NWT government for C$15 million, Fireweed opted to change its name to better define the broader spectrum of resources the company is exploring for. You can read about the Mactung...
Fireweed Zinc Ltd. June 20 announced that crews have been mobilized for the company's largest drill program so far at the Macmillan Pass property in Yukon, Canada. "We are very excited to start our 2022 season," said Fireweed Zinc Vice President of Exploration Gilles Dessureau. "It will be the largest and most ambitious program ever carried out by Fireweed at the Macmillan Pass project." The 544-square-kilometer (210 square miles) Macmillan Pass property blankets a roughly...
White Gold Corp. June 13 announced the start of its 2022 diamond drill program targeting both Ryan's Surprise and Ulli's Ridge on the company's expansive and underexplored over 1-million-acre (422,730 hectares) land package in the emerging White Gold District in Yukon, Canada. Much of this year's program will further evaluate targets on the White Gold and Betty Ford properties to follow up on encouraging results encountered during the 2021 exploration, as well as to perform...
Palladium One Mining Inc. June 13 announced the acquisition of Canalask, a nickel-copper-platinum group elements project near Beaver Creek in the Yukon, from Victoria Gold Corp. The 3,400-hectare (8,402 acres) Canalask property lies alongside the Alaska Highway about 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest of Whitehorse and near the Alaska border. Exploration on the project dates back to the 1950s when the Canalask footwall zone was originally discovered, drilled, and partially...
Western Copper and Gold Corp. June 6 announced the start of its 2022 exploration and drill program at the Casino copper-gold-silver-molybdenum project in Canada's Yukon. Located about 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest of Whitehorse, this world-class project that Western Copper and Gold has been advancing since acquiring the property in 2008 is found within the traditional territory of the Selkirk First Nation. Historically, two prefeasibility studies and a feasibility...
Granite Creek Copper Ltd. June 7 announced the start of its 2022 field exploration campaign at the high-grade Carmacks copper-gold-silver project in Canada's Yukon. According to the most recent calculation, Carmacks hosts 36.2 million metric tons of measured and indicated resource averaging 0.81% (651 million pounds) copper, 0.26 grams per metric ton (302,000 ounces) gold, 3.23 g/t (3.8 million oz) silver, and 0.011% (8.5 million lb) molybdenum. The first phase of the 2022...
Seabridge Gold Inc. May 24 announced that it has entered into a contribution agreement with the Liard First Nation to build positive working relations and to enable the First Nation a meaningful review and analysis of Seabridge's expected activities at the 3 Aces gold project in southeastern Yukon. "As a responsible exploration company, we are committed to building a meaningful and positive working relationship with our Indigenous partners," said Seabridge CEO Rudi Fronk. "We...
White Gold Corp. May 18 announced its plans for the 2022 exploration program at its more than 1-million-acre (422,730 hectares) land package in Yukon's White Gold District, with particular focus on targets from last year's successful season. Much of this year's program will further evaluate targets on the White Gold property as well as the Betty Ford property to follow up on the 2021 exploration which continued to produce very encouraging results as well as to perform maiden...
Sitka Gold Corp. May 17 announced an impressive intercept among its assay results during the 2022 winter exploration program at its RC Gold project in the Yukon, reporting 205.8 meters averaging 1.01 grams per metric ton gold from surface, including 91 meters averaging 1.61 g/t gold. "Hole 23 has produced some impressive results with characteristics similar to those seen in our initial Blackjack zone discovery hole and our first follow-up hole and continues to demonstrate...
ATAC Resources Ltd. May 19 announced the start of the 2022 field season with crews mobilizing to the Nadaleen project at the eastern end of the company's Rackla Gold property in the Yukon, before drilling a copper discovery on its Connaught property near the territory's western border. In early 2020, ATAC published results from an updated preliminary economic assessment for Osiris, a Carlin-type gold deposit at Nadaleen that hosts 12.4 million metric tons of inferred resource...
Banyan Gold Corp. May 3 reported the final assay results from the diamond drill holes completed during the 2021 exploration program at the Powerline deposit on the company's AurMac property in the Yukon. "The 2021 drill program has demonstrated the extensive nature of gold mineralization around the Powerline deposit on the AurMac property and importantly, defined zones of higher grade near surface gold mineralization," said Banyan Gold President and CEO Tara Christie. "The 202...
Banyan Gold Corp. May 10 reported strong near-surface gold mineralization from the first nine holes drilled during the 2022 exploration program at the Powerline deposit on the company's AurMac property in the Yukon. According to a resource calculated in 2020, AurMac hosts 52.58 million metric tons in the inferred resource category averaging 0.54 grams per metric ton (903,945 oz) gold in two deposits – Powerline and Airstrip. Powerline hosts 6.58 million metric tons of this i...
CAVU Mining Corp. April 25 provided an update on its 5,000-meter drill program on the Hopper copper-gold-silver-molybdenum project located in the traditional territory of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations in the Yukon. The road-accessible 7,400-hectare (18,286 acres) Hopper project within the southern Dawson Range copper-gold belt in southwestern Yukon is presently owned by Strategic Metals Ltd. Most of the previous exploration at Hopper has focused on a skarn system...
Minto Metals Corp. April 28 reported that the results from its ongoing 2022 exploration drilling at Minto are showing strong potential for expanding the resource and life of this copper mine in the Yukon. The Minto mine has been in operation since 2007, with underground mining commencing in 2014. Over the past nearly 15 years, approximately 500 million pounds of copper have been produced from this operation. The previous owners, Capstone Mining Corp., put Minto into care and m...
Victoria Gold Corp. April 7 reported that its Eagle Mine in the Yukon produced 24,759 ounces of gold during the first quarter, down about 10% from the 26,759 oz produced during the first three months of 2021. The company attributes the drop to periods of exceptionally cold weather over the Yukon winter that impacted gold production. Gold production at heap leach operations such as Eagle lags behind mining, crushing, and ore stacking. With the operational plan over the past...
Aben Resources Ltd. April 19 announced an update for its Justin gold project in southeastern Yukon, including the ongoing search for a partner to move the nearly decade-old project forward. The 7,400-hectare (18,286 acres) Justin gold project, which lies immediately southeast of Seabridge Gold's high-grade 3 Aces gold project and approximately 35 kilometers (22 miles) southeast of the Cantung Mine, is equipped with an all-season road running through its claims. Exploration...
Klondike Gold Corp. April 21 reported an update for its planned 2022 exploration program at its 586-square-kilometer (226 square miles) Klondike District property near Dawson City, Yukon. For this year, Klondike Gold plans to complete approximately 8,000 meters of drilling using up to two rigs. The work will initially target potential extensions to gold mineralization at the Stander zone, which has previously yielded near-surface drill intersections with the highest gold...
White Gold Corp. April 21 reported that regional exploration work on its more than 1-million-acre (422,730 hectares) land package in Yukon's White Gold District has identified significant copper, gold, and other multi-element soil anomalies within the Hayes and Pilot properties. "Our regional exploration program normally constitutes a significant portion of our annual exploration budget and has continued to identify prospective new targets across our large district scale land...
After being spun out from parent purchaser Pembridge Resources plc, Minto Metals Corp. April 6 announced the company's first-quarter production results from its Minto copper mine in central Yukon. Bought from Capstone Mining Corp. early in 2018, Pembridge managed to complete its first full year of operations in 2020, despite the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Toward the end of that year, the company completed the formation of Minto Metals Corp., a TSX Venture...
Whitehorse Gold Corp. April 1 announced assay results from the final 30 drill holes of its 2021 program at its Skukum gold project in southern Yukon. Situated about 55 kilometers (34 miles) south of Whitehorse, the Skukum project hosts 1.33 million metric tons of indicated resource containing 274,544 ounces of gold and 5.36 million oz of silver; plus 1.11 metric tons of inferred resource containing 223,873 oz of gold and 1.91 million oz of silver. The bulk of this resource is...
